Oil-tank.



Patented Dec. l2, |899. H. C. BEMAN.

OIL TANK.

(Application filed May B, 1899.)

(No Model.)

:4o-muuu.. wAsH lIlNiTnD STATES PATENT Genion.

HENRY C. BEMAN, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

OIL-TANK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,696, dated neeember i2, 1899.

Application filed May l8; 1899. Serial No. 715,986. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, HENRY C. BEMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Meadville, in the county of Crawford and State ot Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Tanks; and I do de- Clare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this speciiication.

The special object of the invention is to improve self-measuring oil-tanks for grocers and others who retail kerosene or other oils or any liquid whichis sold by the quart, gallon, or other aliquot measure. This tank maybe made of any preferred sizeor material.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved tank; Fig. 2, a vertical section thereof, and Fig. 8 illustrates the measuring vessel and its connections in rear view.

In the drawings, A represents the tank proper, which is provided with the attached base a, within which, near the front side, is a well D, suspended from the bottom of the tank and soldered or otherwise secured thereto. The movable measure B goes up and down into this well where it is filled with the liquid, while the contents of the tank will gradually flow into the well as its liquid is removed.

C is a cupola on the top of the tank directly over the well D and covered by the removable cap c, the same being made detachable, so that the tank may be iilled through a large opening.

d is a trunnion-rod fastened to the sides of the measure through which it passes and projecting from said sides a distance sufficient to allow the yoke E to be attached to it on each side of the measure by holes through the lower ends of the yoke and in which the trunnion turns.

The yoke E is of sufficient length to pass up through ferrules F in the cross-barfof the cupola.

The trunnion-rod on each side of the measure runs up and down in the fixed guides g, so that it will move always in a perpendicular line, while a guide-pin Gr on the side ot the measure below the trunnion-rod and parallel with it runs up and down in the same guide. The latter is shorter than the trunnion-rod and only engages the guide part of the way up.

The guide-pin G prevents the measure from tilting as it is lifted up full of liquid. Thus the measure B will always come up level full, and when it reaches the open place h in the back ofthe guide the pin G will disengage and permit the measure to be tilted when it strikes the dumping-pin II, attach ed to the front side' of the cupola and slightly curved downward. The contents are then emptied into a receiver I, attached to the inside of the tank near its top, and to the bottom of which receiver is connected a pipe J, which runs downward and outward through the front of tank to a siphonshaped discharge-spout K. The liquid is thus quickly delivered without dripping.

Lis astop-pin on the back side of the cupola passing inwardly through the side of the cupola. This when pushed in arrests the dumping-measure at half-dump and only allows it to deliver half its liquid. When pulled out, the whole contents ot the measure are delivered. Several of these stop-pins may be used at various heights, thus making several different measures. The measure B thus serves the purpose of two or more measures. The measure may be of any desired quantity.

Other means such as jointed levers, sprocket wheels and chains, pulleys and cord, rollers and rod, &C.-may be employed by me to lift the measure.

M is an apron to cover the receiver when the tank is about to be iilled with liquid and is placed between guides one on each side ot' the pin II.

From the above description it will be readily seen that an accurate measurement oi" any quantity may be quickly delivered without the use of separate measures or the soiling of the hands.

There are no val ves, cocks, faucets, or gages to leak.

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is@

l. The combination with the tank A and measure B, of the movable trunnion-rod d,

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yoke E, guide g, and the cupola dumping-pin H, the said guide g having an open place h in its back whereby it Will disengage as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination with tank A and elevator-bucket B, of a cupola C provided With the adjustable stop-pin L arranged on its back side, whereby the discharge Will be limited as and for the purpose specified.

3. A ret-ail oil-tank having the opposite Well and cupola respectively at bottom and top, in oombination With measure, trunnion- HENRY C. BEMAN.

Witnesses:

A. B. RICHMOND,

J ULIA CORRIGAN. 

